Fly-trap.



T. J. ROGERS.

FLY TRAP.

APPLICATION FILED 1.111. 25, 1909.

984,392. Patented Feb. 14. 1911.

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FLY TRAP.

APPLIOATIOH FILED M125, 1909.

984,392. Patented Feb. 14,1911.

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THOMAS JOHN ROGERS, OF HENLEY, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO U. L.HAKES, OF HENLEY, CALIFORNIA.

Specification of Letters Patent.

FLY-TRAP.

ilatiented Feb. 14-, $1.91].

To all i hom it may concern:

Be it known that 1 Tuonas Jenn liconns, a citizen of the United States,residing at. Henley, in the county of Siskiyou, State of (.alifornia,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in lfily-tlraps; and Ido hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention is an improved fly trap and consists in the construction,combination and arrai'igement of device hereinafter described andclaimed.

In the aceompanying drawings Figure 1. is a front elevation of theimproved device. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the improved device. Fig. 3 isa section on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. f is a section on the line ofFig. 3.

The improved device comprises a base 10, preferably of wood. Locatedsome distance above one portion of the base 10 is a semicylindrical case11 preferably formed with its walls of fly screen material and with aconical bottom 12, the latter having an apertmre 13 at its apex andproviding communication With the interior of the cage. The cage issupported at a considerable distance above the base 10 by standards let,any required number being employed. Supported upon the base 1.0 is aframe 15 having a vertical shaft 16 mounted for rotation therein.Connected to the upper end of the shaft 16 is a disk 17, the upper faceof the disk ope 'ating in relatively close proximity to the lower edgeof the cage. The shaft 16 is located preferably near or opposite to theinner wall of the cage, so that one portion of the disk 17 operatesconstantly beneath the cage and the other portion operates constantly inadvance of the cage as shown in Fig. 3. At one side of the shaft 16 thelower edge of the cage extends close to the disk 17, as shown at 18, sothat flies or other insects cannot pass be tween the disk and the cageat that side, While the lower edge of the (aige at the opposite side ofthe shaft is spaced sulliciently far from the disk as at It), to permitthe flies or other insects to pass, or be carried beneath the cage bythe revolving disk. Attached to the cage 11 is a stripper element,preferably in the form of a wire 20 having a horizontal portion close tothe disk, and operating to cause the insects to fly upwardly from thedisk, and when thus disturbed the insects will pass upwardly through theaperture '13 into the interior of the cage, and thus be trapped. One endof the said stripper wire is attached to the lower edge of the {lat wallof the case, at the. cein ter thereof and the other end of the stripperwire is attached to the semicylindrical wall of the case near the loweredge thereof, the said stripper wire being disposed at an angle withreference to the flat wall of the case and being also disposed under theconical bottom The said strip icr wire also serves as a brace tostrengthen the construction of the tfli". and the conical bottom thereofas will be understood.

A suitable motor is connected to the shaft 16 to operate the disk 17 andthis motor will 'n'eferably be a clock-work device represented as awhole at 23 and operative by a spring 22 of usual constructimi, thespring having a winding ratchet 25 and a key 2- to enable the spring tobe wound up when required. The standards 141 being connected to the base10 by screws are easily detachable, and the same is true of the frame1:"). By this simple arrangement it; will be noted that the cage may bereadily detached from the base 10 to render the motor and disk readilyaccessiliile when required, or the frame 15 with the motor and diskattached may be readily removed if reqlrired without disturbing thecage. Thus in the event of the impairment or breaking of any of theparts, they may be readily renewed without discarding the remainingunimpaired portions.

The improved device may be (:(mstructed of any suitable material, or ofany required size or capacity, but all of the parts except the base 10will preferably be of metal, while the base will preferably be of wood.

The disk 17 will preferably be about ten or twelve inches in diameterand the ren'iaining parts in proportimi, but it will be understood thatit is not desired to limit the invention to any specific size. Suitable.bait, preferably sugar or the like will be arranged upon the disk, totempt the flies or other insects. The speed of the disk will berelatively slow so that the insects will not be deterred from alightingthereon or cause them to fly away from the disk after they have oncealighted, but to remain upon the slowly revolving disk and be carriedthereby beneath the conical bottom of the cage and thus trapped thereinas before described.

hat is claimed, is:

The herein described fly trap comprising a base, a frame thereon, amotor carried by said frame and including a vertical shaft and a disk atthe upper end of said shaft, a foraminous semi-cylindrical case disposedslightly above one side of said disk, a Wire having one end fixedadjacent the lower edge of the fiat side of said case and centrallythereof, said Wire having its other end fixed to the curved side of saidcase adjacent the lower end thereof and at a point spaced from the flatside of the case, whereby said Wire constitutes a combined stripper toremove insects from the disk and a brace to hold the central lowerportion of the flat side of the case from bending, and means to supportsaid case anc. Wire in position.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature, in presence of tWoWitnesses.

THOMAS JOHN ROGERS. lVitnesses Crnusrorrrnn C. MALTBY, CALVIN PensHUGHES.

